Ventilated milk-can cover



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W. N. SNOW VENTILATED MILK CAN COVER Filed July l5, 1926 @witness e we),@31a/@ maw zo L abtwnoqo Patented Apr. 19, 192.7.

PATENT @FEIQEQ WILLIAM N. SNOW, OF BELOIT, WISCONSIN'.

VENTILATED MILK-GAN COVER.

Application led July 15, 1926. Serial No. 122,641.

The invention aims to provide a new and iinliroved torni of ventilatedmilk can cover, `which may be easily and inexpensively inanufamtured andsold at einall cost, will he ellicient and desirable, and may be readilykept in an absolutely clean, Sanitary condition.

lVith the iforegoingy in view, the invention resides in the novelsubject matter herein! (l zitter described and claimed, the descriptionbeinp; supplemented by the accompanying drawing.

ll`inure 1 is a top plan view oi the cover constructed in accordancewith niy invention.

ll`igure 2 a sectional view on the plane indicated on line ot Figure l,showing the cover applied to a milk can.

`l*`iure l is a vertical sectional view on the fill correspomlinglynumbered line ot li1 igure 2.

The cover coi'npriscs a cylindrical side wall 5 having a 'flared upperportion (l, prelierably provided with a rolled edge 7. A

'flat bottoni 8 ie coiniccted with the lower 5 portion of the wall 5 andis preferably iintegrral therewith, and it i'nay be stated at thispoint, that the 'formation designated by the reference characters 5, (l,T and El, may

be part oit a conventional Ylorm ot milk can 70 cover now in common use.'lhe ordinary handle oit this cover is removed however and luy improvedhandle and ventilating means substituted.

'l`he miniera] i) desigri'iates a tubular handle which extendsdianietrieally across and is Secured to the `flared upper portion (l otthe cover, the upper portion of Said tubular handle beingeut away an dopen ae indicated handle to its ends. The lower side of this handle is'loriued with a central opening;- ll and a similar openingl2 is vformedin the bottoni tl. A one piece, vertical tube 13 ex lends between thehandle 9 and the bottom 'l5 S and is seein-ed to these parts around theedges oit their openings 1l and l2. ln et leeting` these securingoperations and in securing the handle to the wall of the cover, ordinarysolder is preferably employed.

at Y10` `lroui the intermediate portion ot said i lllhen the` cover isapplied to a cany it will eli'eetively ventilato the same, permitting`the ni'illr to cool more rapidly and hence cutting down the bacteriacount. bviously, the tubular handle and the tube 13 place the interioret' the can in communication with the outside air. ln addition toperforming this Ventilating function, the handle 9 'terms an eli'ectivegrip for use in applyii'ig or removing the coverj and the tube lilbraces the handle a gainst poesible upward bending, this being verydesirable when the ends oi: the handle are thinned as in thepresentdisclosure, by cutting away the end portions ol the handle at itsupper side.

After washing the can, the cover may he reapplied and as this; can willbe ellfectively ventilated, no odor will be trapped in it, as would bethe case .it a tight cover were used.

The invention. it will bc observed, is exceptionally simple andinevpensiveI` may therefore be easily and inexpensively manufactured andsold at small eoslt, `vet is etlicient and in every way desirable. Onaccount oit such advantages as these, the exact details herein disclosedare careilfully `lollowed. However. 'within the scope olt the inventionas claimed, variations may be made.

l claim:

A ventilated inilhY can cover coi'nprising a cylindrical side vallhaving' a liared upper portion a bottoni Secured to the lower portion otthe wall and having an opening'. a tubular `handleentendinediametrieally across and secured to the :Flared upper portionof the wall, the upper portion of Said tubular handle being cut away andopen at the ends oit said handle, the lower side olE said handle being;formed with an opening; alined with the opening;` olf said bottoni, anda one-piece tube secured to the handle and bottoni around the edge wallsof said openings.

In 'testimony whereof l have hereunto ali'- lixed my signature.

WILLIAM N. SNW.

